Quote of the week:“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” –Joan Didion What I’m reading:Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson What I’m listening to:Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner What I’m watching:The Tinder Swindler on Netflix Writing news:I got two lovely blurbs for Ways the World Could End — Read More

Quote of the week:“Revelations can be disastrous, but they can also be a way of building. You rip apart what you were holding fast to and then you discover new reserves in yourself. And, to me, that is exactly what we’re going through right now with the pandemic.” –Rita Dove What I’m reading:The Sweet Spot: — Read More

Quote of the week:“Language is our portal to meaning-making, connection, healing, learning, and self-awareness. Having access to the right words can open up entire universes. When we don’t have the language to talk about what we’re experiencing, our ability to make sense of what’s happening and share it with others is severely limited. Without accurate — Read More

Quote of the week:“I think a lot of us are taught to get to the destination of our ‘true self.’ The problem with landing on a true self is that everything you’ve been before then isn’t ‘true.’ I don’t buy that. It sets up a dichotomy: Who you are now is somehow superior and better — Read More

Hope you are staying as healthy as possible in the midst of this Omicron craziness… It’s been another doozy of a week. Quote of the week:“The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.” –William Faulkner What I’m reading:Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Commitment and the Language of Human — Read More

Quote of the week:“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves.” –Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj What I’m reading:Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos by David Pogue (this book is both depressing and extremely helpful… I — Read More

Quote of the week:“Everything is broken and messed up and completely fine. That is what life is. It’s only the ratios that change. Usually on their own. As soon as you think that’s it, it’s going to be like this forever, they change again.” –Meg Mason, Sorrow and Bliss  What I’m reading:Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason — Read More

Quote of the week:I have two, both from Brené Brown, who appeared on Glennon Doyle’s podcast this week. “Language gives us a neurobiological handle on what feels too amorphous and gauzy to grab.” “Change always includes a series of small deaths and if we don’t understand that grief is going to be a part of — Read More